This is the 9232nd most frequent German word.
mais
Corn.
Here, 'Mais' is used as a noun referring to the food ingredient, corn.
Ich esse gerne Mais zum Mittagessen.
I like to eat corn for lunch.
In this sentence, 'Mais' is referring to the crop, corn, in an agricultural context.
Der Mais wächst gut auf diesem Feld.
The corn grows well in this field.
In this context, 'mais' (if considering French instead of German) is used as a conjunction meaning 'but'. While 'mais' is not German, it demonstrates how language learners might encounter cognates or similar phrases across languages.